warm welcome
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- /wɔrm ˈwɛlkəm/
- We just wanted to extend a warm welcome.
- received a warm welcome
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Examples
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Good morning, and a warm welcome to you all on this cold day.
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So we extend a warm welcome to Ron Paul supporters.
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I hope we get a warm welcome.
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Good morning, ladies, and a very warm welcome to you all.
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I received a very warm welcome in that beautiful city.
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Let's give them a warm welcome.
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Please give a warm welcome to the stage your next Ted Talk speaker.
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A very warm welcome to my blog; I'm glad you could join me!
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Excellency, let me once again extend a very warm welcome to you and your delegation to India.
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Good morning, and a warm welcome to you all on this cold day.
Synonyms
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Friendly and generous welcome that makes guests feel at home
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A friendly word or action you use when you meet someone
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A friendly, kind feeling in the way someone speaks or acts
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The way people react to a person, idea or action
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A warm greeting that makes someone feel welcome
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A positive welcome from other people
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A warm friendly welcome that guests receive when they arrive
A warm, friendly welcome that makes guests feel wanted
Antonyms
How Welcoming
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Surface Forms
Morphology
The meaning 'a friendly and enthusiastic reception' is directly and predictably built from 'warm' (affectionate, cordial) + 'welcome' (a greeting/reception). This compositional combination follows normal adjectival modification patterns and is cross-linguistically common, so a B1 learner who knows both words will readily infer the MWE meaning.
Etymology
Warm welcome comes from the simple image of arriving at a home where the host makes the room warm and says welcome with a smile. That real feeling of heat and friendly words became a picture for any greeting that feels kind and excited, so today it means 'a friendly and enthusiastic reception'.